Christopher J. Hadnagy
General Keith Alexander (left) offers Chris Hadnagy the NSA Director's Challenge Coin at DEF CON 20.
Born
Christopher James Hadnagy
Occupation(s)Information technology consultant, author
Organization(s)Innocent Lives Foundation, Social-Engineer, LLC
Websitewww.social-engineer.com

Christopher James Hadnagy is an American author and information technology security consultant.

Career

Christopher J Hadnagy is the founder and CEO of Social-Engineer LLC,[1] a company that provides education and training related to social engineering.[2] He is also a founder of Social-Engineer.Org,[3] an IT security education website.

His contributions to the information security industry over his 17-year tenure include the creation of a social engineering framework, a newsletter, and a podcast focused on social engineering.[4][5]

Hadnagy is also an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona's Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations designated by the NSA[6]

Charitable Foundation

In 2017, Christopher Hadnagy established the Innocent Lives Foundation, with the mission to help protect and rescue children from online predators. The organization aims to investigate and thwart child exploitation, sexual abuse, trafficking, and the production of child sexual abuse material.

The foundation utilizes a range of security measures, including the expertise of information security professionals, the use of open-source intelligence (OSINT) data, and cooperation with law enforcement agencies. Hadnagy's organization has garnered support from notable individuals as well as federal law enforcement agencies in the United States, such as actor Erin Gray[7] and the FBI.[8]

DEF CON

In 2009, Chris Hadnagy was invited to help create a social engineering competition for DEF CON.[9] One year later, at the 2010 DEF CON event, Hadnagy sponsored one of the very first social engineering capture the flag events.[10] During the 2018 DEF CON event, Christopher Hadnagy revealed to a reporter from The New York Times that he once operated under the online monicker "LoganWHD".[11]

In February 2022, Hadnagy was banned permanently from hacker conference DEF CON, where he operated a colocated event ("village"), for unspecified code of conduct violations,[2] as announced in the organization's transparency report: "We received multiple CoC violation reports about a DEF CON Village leader, Chris Hadnagy of the SE Village. After conversations with the reporting parties and Chris, we are confident the severity of the transgressions merits a ban from DEF CON."[12]

In Hadnagy's response on his blog, he stated he disagrees with the ban, and that he had not been informed of the details of any allegations by DEF CON representatives, and that a person affiliated with DEF CON told him the violations were not related to sexual misconduct.[13]

In August 2022, he sued DEF CON for harm to his reputation.[14] [15] The lawsuit was initially dismissed in January 2023 for lack of personal jurisdiction.[16] In August, 2023, the defamation complaint was refiled by Hadnagy and his legal team through a Nevada District Court. Court records indicate DEF CON founder Jeff Moss was served a court summons, and that the case is currently pending.[17]

BSides Cleveland

In fall of 2021, BSides Cleveland included Hadnagy on the agenda of speakers for its June 2022 event.[18] Leading up to the event, the organizer labeled Hadnagy's speaking slot as "special guest" instead of listing his name,[19] so attendees and other speakers did not know he would be speaking.[2] His talk was about cancel culture, which he had also presented at a different BSides event last year.[19] After Hadnagy gave his presentation, several other speakers pulled out of the event.[19]

Books

In 2018, Ben Rothke and Bill Varhol positively reviewed Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking.[20][21] Rothke also reviewed "Unmasking the Social Engineer: The Human Element of Security.[22] Maria Patricia Prandini from Isaca Journal Book Reviews reviewed Phishing Dark Waters: The Offensive and Defensive Sides of Malicious E-mails.[23]

Publications

  • Human Hacking: Win Friends, Influence People, and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You, Christopher Hadnagy, Seth Schulman, 2021, Harper Business (ISBN 978-0-063-00178-7)[24]
  • Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking, Christopher Hadnagy, 2018, John Wiley & Sons Inc. (ISBN 978-1-119-43338-5)[25]
  • Phishing Dark Waters: The Offensive and Defensive Sides of Malicious, by Christopher Hadnagy, Michele Fincher and Robin Dreeke, 2015, John Wiley & Sons Inc. (ISBN 978-1-118-95847-6)
  • Unmasking the Social Engineer: The Human Element of Security, Christopher Hadnagy, 2014, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (ISBN 978-1-118-60857-9)
  • Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking, Christopher Hadnagy, 2010, Wiley Publishing, Inc. (ISBN 978-0-470-63953-5)

References

  1. ↑ "Hacking humans: social engineering and the power of influence". ABC Radio National. March 16, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Nichols, Shaun (February 10, 2022). "DEF CON bans social engineering expert Chris Hadnagy". TechTarget. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  3. ↑ Goodchild, Joan (October 17, 2011). "New social engineering poll reveals which scam works better". CSO Online. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Christopher Hadnagy | SXSW Wonder House". sxsw.arizona.edu. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  5. ↑ Yadron, Danny (April 20, 2015). "The Man Who Hacks Your Employees". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Faculty". The University of Arizona – Center of Academic Excellence.
  7. ↑ "Actress Erin Gray talks about The Innocent Lives Foundation - CBS Los Angeles". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  8. ↑ Cox, Joseph (March 25, 2021). "FBI Paid Anti-Child Predator Charity $250,000 for Hacking Tools". Vice. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Chris Hadnagy on the Def Con hackers posing as your coworkers". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  10. ↑ "DefCon contest to spotlight social engineering". CSO Online. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  11. ↑ Hiltner, Stephen (September 24, 2018). "When Reporting on Defcon, Avoid Stereotypes and A.T.M.s".
  12. ↑ "Post DEF CON 29". DEFCON Transparency Report. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Chris Hadnagy's Official Statement". Security Through Education. February 25, 2022.
  14. ↑ Hetzner, Christiaan (August 19, 2022). "Star social engineer dubbed the 'human hacker' sues Def Con after receiving permanent ban". Fortune. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  15. ↑ Faife, Corin (August 18, 2022). "Def Con banned a social engineering star — now he's suing". The Verge. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  16. ↑ Wright, Rob (January 16, 2023). "Judge dismisses Chris Hadnagy lawsuit against DEF CON". TechTarget. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Hadnagy et al v. Moss et al". UniCourt. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  18. ↑ BSides, Security (June 20, 2022). "Security BSides Response to the BSides Cleveland Incident". Security Bsides. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  19. 1 2 3 "Security BSides commits to greater conference diversity after speaker backlash". IT PRO. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Bens Book of the Month Review of Social Engineering The Science of Human Hacking". RSA Conference. August 31, 2018. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  21. ↑ "Book Review: Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking". The Ethical Hacker Network. July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on June 20, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  22. ↑ "The Cybersecurity Canon: Unmasking the Social Engineer: The Human Element of Security". Palo Alto Networks Blog. September 16, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  23. ↑ Hadnagy, Christopher; Fincher, Michele (January 22, 2020). "Phishing Dark Waters: The Offensive and Defensive Sides of Malicious E-mails". ISACA. Archived from the original on July 17, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  24. ↑ Human hacking : win friends, influence people, and leave them better off for having met you. OCLC 1255930084. Retrieved June 24, 2021 – via WorldCat.org.
  25. ↑ Hadnagy, Christopher (July 31, 2018). Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-43338-5.
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